Uber, Samsung & Huawei – Q2 19 update
Uber has lost its soul The news of layoffs at Uber comes at a difficult time for the company which is now hostage to the...
Apple FQ3 19 – iPhone-o-holic
Still a one-product company. Apple reported good results as iPhone growth declines slowed and services continued to chug along nicely. However, I still think that...
GM Cruise – Speedbump
GM Cruise accepts reality Autonomous Cruise vehicles are no longer expected to be on the streets of San Francisco this year as Cruise has finally...
Android Q – Turkey vote
The notion that Android can be privacy-focused is absurd Google promised that Android would become more privacy-friendly in its latest release, but the notion that...
Alphabet & Amazon – Over and under
Alphabet Q2 19 Cloud and Pixel lift Alphabet over the bar Alphabet reported strong Q2 19 results as Google Cloud and the Pixel 3a put...
Facebook & Tesla – Surprising times
Tesla Q2 19 Record shipments and more losses spells trouble. Tesla’s fundamental inability to make money by selling cars came back to haunt it again...
Apple & Intel – Fuzzy logic
Acquiring Intel’s modem business now makes no sense. The WSJ (see here) is reporting that Apple is close to buying Intel’s modem business but given...
Open AI & Microsoft – Lottery ticket
Microsoft takes a punt on Open AI. Open AI, the “non-profit” AI company, has taken a $1bn investment from Microsoft that sees Microsoft buy itself...
App Store Wars – The Phantom Menace.
Signs of the rebellion are gathering pace. The rebellion against the current status quo in-app distribution is growing and it is Apple that may find...
8K & 3D – The long hard road.